Portland Power Fuel
Portland Power Fuel
What is this site?
We have granted an application for a permit to Powerfuel Portland Ltd to operate a non-hazardous waste incinerator in Portland Port.
Following consultation, Powerfuel Portland Ltd met all the necessary criteria needed for an environmental permit to be issued.
The permit allows the site to receive, store and handle non-hazardous waste on-site and to handle, store and transfer waste residues off-site.
Further details about the site can be found here: Environment Agency grants permit for Portland incinerator - GOV.UK
What activities are covered by the environmental permit?
Conditions have been set in the permit on emissions and their monitoring, operation of the plant and the amount and type of waste to be accepted.
The permit limits the waste that can be incinerated to refuse derived fuel – that is produced from domestic municipal solid waste (MSW) and commercial & industrial (C&I) waste unsuitable for recycling.
The company wants to burn up to 202,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste each year in an incinerator known as an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF).
The proposed facility will use a moving grate system to burn waste to produce energy in the form of electricity and hot water.
Power from this process will be exported to the National Grid or used locally. Under current Government policy this is classed as a renewable source of electricity, as it uses waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
How do we regulate this site and check for compliance?
The site will be regulated in line with conditions set out in the environmental permit.
The planning permission granted by the Secretary of State is currently subject to a judicial review.